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Where Not To Eat: The Sanitary Violations of Cambridge

10 July 2016

In New York City, there is a regulation that requires all restaurants to post their most recent health inspection rating on their windows. Since Cambridge has no such regulation, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the data.

Overall the 10 establishments (aggregating across all stores), with the most violations since 2013:

Establishment Name

Number of Violations

Au Bon Pain

96

Spice Thai Cuisine

82

Ginger Exchange

65

Dunkin Donuts

63

Clover

62

Tavern in the Square

58

Sapporo Ramen

58

Whole Foods

56

Dumpling House

52

Starbucks

48

Here's a complete look at establishments by violations (feel free to adjust the years below on the timeline):

And let's look at the change in violations over time by establishment

Lastly, let's look at the most common types of sanitary violations that occurred since 2013: